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2014 Pre-Season

A Homerun and a Couple of Triples Spark Titans Win

Baseball analogies don’t usually crossover into football stories except in the case of the Tennessee Titans 24-17 come from behind win over the Atlanta Falcons in the third preseason game of 2014. The Titans got a homerun on a 63 yard touchdown pass at the end of the second quarter and two triples in the second half to erase a 14 point deficit.

Falcons, Backfield, Roll without Jackson

A hamstring injury to starting running back Stephen Jackson did not keep the supporting cast from lifting the Falcons to a 16-10 win over the Dolphins in NFL Pre-season action Friday night. ...more and photos

2013 Season

Panthers Claim Division With Ugly Win

Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and rushed for 72 yards to lead the Carolina Panthers to their first season sweep of the Atlanta Falcons since 2005 with a 21-20 win....more and photos

From Goat to Hero, Bowman Cancels Falcons Comeback

Novarro Bowman went from potential goat to hero returning a bouncing interception 89 yards to give the 49ers a 34-24 victory and dash the Falcons comeback hopes in the last regular season NFL game at storied Candlestick Park....more and photos

Turnovers Hinder ‘Skins Comeback

Saints Sweep Falcons

Rivalry games make for the best football contests. Struggling Atlanta, losers of 4 straight, made a game of it before falling to the division leading Saints 17-13 at the Georgia Dome. ...more and photos

Bucs Bash Falcons

Bobby Rainey rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns to ignite the Buccaneers to their second win of the season defeating the Atlanta Falcons 41-28 at Raymond James Stadium. ...more and photos

Seahawks Return Fully Loaded

What a difference a year makes. A season after leading the Seahawks to the second round of the playoffs and an eventual loss to the Falcons, a seasoned Russell Wilson returned to the Georgia Dome. The more experienced Wilson reversed the outcome of the previous meeting leading the surging (9-1) Seahawks to a commanding 33-10 win over the spiraling Falcons (2-7). ...more and photos

Ice Picked

Arizona’s defense is making a habit out of intercepting Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan. In the two games played over the past two seasons they have pilfered nine passes. In Sunday’s most recent matchup, the opportunists recorded four takeaways that helped propel the Cardinals to a 27-13 victory. ...more and photos

Ugly is Falcons Pretty

When it’s all said and done no one truly cares if a win is pretty or ugly. This isn’t college football. There is no BCS computer algorithm weighing style points to separate teams with 2-3 wins over powder puff mid-majors. No this is the NFL where only W’s count. Atlanta got one Sunday afternoon surviving the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a 31-23 victory in the Georgia Dome. ...more and photos

Jets Soar Over Atlanta Skies

Rookie quarterback Geno Smith used the last 1:54 to guide the New York Jets 55 yards through the Falcons defense to set up Nick Folk’s 43 yard field goal and hand Atlanta a 30-28 defeat....more and photos

Past Sins Haunt Falcons in Loss to Pats

New England stayed among the ranks of the undefeated with a game saving defensive stand to hold off Atlanta 30-23 in the Georgia Dome. ...more

Falcons Hold On as Injuries Mount

Jason Snelling scored the Falcons only touchdown of the second half from 11 yards out to give Atlanta a 31-24 win over the St. Louis Rams at the Georgia Dome....more

Payton Brings Success with Return

Sean Payton returned to the sidelines to lead the New Orleans Saints to a 23-17 victory over conference rival Atlanta Falcons in the Big Easy....more

Evaluation Time for Jaguars and Falcons

Gus Bradley got his first win of the preseason as Jacksonville scored in every quarter to hand the Atlanta Falcons their fourth straight loss 20-16....more and slideshow gallery

Bengals Roll in Battle of Seconds

After two days of combined practices, the Cincinnati Bengals thanked the Falcons by hanging a 34-10 preseason win on them.....more and slideshow gallery

Passing Games Shine in Combined Practice

The AFC North’s Cincinnati Bengals, a 2012 Wildcard, rolled into Flowery Branch Monday for a pair of combined team practices with the Atlanta Falcons prior to their preseason game later in the week....more and slideshow gallery

Falcons Prep for Bengals Scrimmage

Training camp is tedious and hot. Because it is summer there's not much that can be done about the heat. Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith will give the Dirty Birds a break from the tedium on Monday by calling up good friend and fellow head coach Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals.

"It will look like a normal Falcons practice in terms of the pacing and what we will do," said Coach Smith. "We will just be doing it on two fields. The offense will be on one field and the defense will be on the other."

The scrimmage with the Bengals will take place on Monday (full pads) and Tuesday(shells only) at the Falcons practice facility in Flowery Branch at 3:00 pm each day.

2012 Season

Super Kaepe Breaks ATL Hearts

Like dominoes, the hearts of ATL-iens began to crack and then break as Colin Kaepernick led the San Francisco 49ers back from a 17-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 and advance to Super Bowl XVLII....more and slideshow gallery

Hurdle Cleared, Seattle Sent Packing

For nearly an entire week, football pundits esteemed ad nauseum the virtues of the Seattle Seahawks and the likelihood the red hot squad from the Pacific Northwest would advance to the NFC Championship Game. Well as they say that’s why they play the game. The Falcons charged out to a 20-0 lead in the first half only to need a 49 field goal from Matt Bryant in the final seconds to overtake the persistent Seahawks 30-28. ...more and slideshow gallery

Falcons Earn Just a Little

Aretha Franklin asked for exactly what the Falcons have been seeking for the last fourteen weeks, respect. If winning enough close games to build a 12-2 record wasn’t enough, surely Sunday’s 34-0 dismantling of the defending Champion New York Giants meant something. ...more and slideshow gallery

Cam Do Attitude

A little over two months ago the Panthers watched their lead and a likely win over the Falcons slip away like pixie dust in a tsunami. According to Carolina head coach Ron Rivera, the young signal caller took it personally. "Atlanta is a big game for him (Cam Newton) because Atlanta's his hometown team and he wants to play well," said Rivera following the Panthers 30-20 win over the Falcons at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday afternoon. ...more and slideshow gallery

Falcons Defense Ends Saints, Brees Streaks

The notion that all streaks come to an end is as true as death and income taxes. For Saints fans, April 15, is far more welcomed than having their four game winning streak over the Atlanta Falcons end. By the look on some of the faces of New Orleans fans in the stands, the 23-13 loss Thursday night in the Georgia Dome was about as close to death anyone breathing wants to get....more and slideshow gallery

Cardinal Sin

Arizona intercepted Matt Ryan five times and still allowed the Falcons to walk away with a 23-19 win at the Georgia Dome on Sunday afternoon in Atlanta. ...more and slideshow gallery

Cowboys Can’t Close Deal, Atlanta Remains Spotless

Call it luck or whatever you want but eight games into the season the Atlanta Falcons are still perfect at 8-0 after dispatching the Dallas Cowboys 19-13 Sunday night at the Georgia Dome. ...more and slideshow gallery

Falcons Win Bird Fight

Atlanta scored on its first six possessions to run their record to 7-0 defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 30-17 at Lincoln Financial Field in week 8. ...more and slideshow gallery

Raiders Fall Short, Falcons Rally…Again!

Atlanta didn’t have to come from behind but they needed a 43 yard drive in 39 seconds to set up Matt Bryant’s 55 yard game winning field goal to avoid overtime and dispatch the Oakland Raiders 23-20 Sunday afternoon at the Georgia Dome. ...more and slideshow gallery

RG III Watches as Falcons Rally

A dazed Robert Griffin III watched from the sideline as the Falcons offense marched 69 yards for a touchdown to give Atlanta a 24-17 victory over the Redskins in front of 75,337 fans at FedEx Field. Atlanta improved to 5-0 for the first time in franchise history. ...more and slideshow gallery

Bryant Kick Completes Falcons Comeback

Matt Bryant kicked a 33 yard field goal to complete the Atlanta Falcons late comeback defeating the visiting Carolina Panthers 30-28 at the Georgia Dome. ...more and slideshow gallery

Ryan, DeCoud Keep Falcons Perfect

Matt Ryan threw for 208 yards and three scores in the first half to lead the Atlanta Falcons to a 27-3 victory over the San Diego Chargers.. ...more and slideshow gallery

Secondary, Defense Defend Dome

Atlanta’s secondary intercepted Peyton Manning three times to spark a Falcons 27-20 win over the Denver Broncos at the Georgia Dome. ...more and slideshow gallery

Falcons New Offense Streams Points

Atlanta's Matt Ryan out-dueled Kansas City's Matt Cassel by two touchdowns and 41 passing yards to lift the Falcons to a season opening 40-24 win over the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. ...more and slideshow gallery

Davis Shines as Falcons Fall

Falcons rookie quarterback Dominique Davis put on a clinic for how to make a ball club as a free agent in the Falcons 24-19 loss to the Cincinatti Bengals Thursday night at the Georgia Dome. ...more and slideshow gallery

NFL Kicks-Off Preseason

Love it or hate it, the NFL Pre-season is a necessary entrance to the much beloved 2012-13 season. After last year’s lock out, New Orleans' off-season Bounty-gate, and a draft that included two highly prized quarterback’s, Thursday night’s line-up couldn’t have come sooner. ...more and slideshow gallery

Force Weather The Storm

via Georgia Force Media Relations
Duluth, GA (May 12, 2012) - The Georgia Force beat the Tampa Bay Storm with a final game score of 44-41 in a nail-biting contest held in The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. The game was played in front of 3,859 arena football fans. ...more and slideshow gallery

AFL Week 5

Tossing a pick 6 on the first offensive series isn’t quite the way to start a game in front of the home crowd, but that’s exactly what Georgia Force QB RJ Archer did Saturday night. It was just one of three touchdowns scored by the Philadelphia Soul defense in a 92-42 rout. ...more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 13

Atlanta has its run to the playoffs derailed in Houston by Texans rookie quarterback TJ Yates. Green Bay gets a strong challenge from the GMen. Philadelphia falls farther from grace. Miami continues to play spoiler....more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 12

Tim Tebow leads the Broncos to yet another comeback win and Atlanta keeps pace with New Orleans. Dallas takes sole possession of the NFC East as the New York Giants catch a beat down in the Big Easy. The playoff race gets a firm look. Injuries are placing a few contenders at a disadvantage down the stretch....more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 11

Staking Claim

With just six games remaining in the season teams are anxiously jockeying to solidify their records in anticipation of a playoff run. Detroit looked to return to their winning ways after dropping 3 of the last 5. Atlanta invited the Titans to town needing a win to stay in striking distance of the NFC South leading New Orleans Saints who were idle. And the G-Men faced off against their division rivals from down the turnpike in Philadephia....more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 10

New Orleans needed overtime to escape the Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia Dome with a two game lead in the NFC South. Baltimore slipped and fell to the Seahwawks. Tennessee rolled over the Panthers. Week 10 was a rough one. ...more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 9

Winners and Winner-less

Half of the season is gone. Indianapolis still searching for that elusive first win invited a rested Atlanta team to town. Miami came close in their last two games put on a show for the Chiefs. Pittsburgh had an axe to grind after dropping the opener to division rival Baltimore. ...more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 7 Action

The Good, The Bad and The Downright Ugly

Week 7 had just about everything imaginable from hard fought wins and total blow outs. Colts fans are wondering what happened, while Lions fans are hoping these last two weeks are an apparition. Is there a new starting running back in Dallas?...more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 6 Action

Falcons Spoil Newton’s Homecoming

Carolina Panthers top draft choice, Cameron Newton, returned home only to be treated rudely by the Falcons. Three Falcons interceptions secured a 31-17 win interrupting a game that had a promising start for the former Westlake High School (Atlanta) star....more and slideshow gallery

NFL Week 4 Action

In the fourth week of NFL competition there were surprises galore. The Detroit Lions remain undefeated and no that is not a typo. Receiver Calvin Johnson and QB Matthew Stafford hooked up for a 2 yard touchdown to complete a 24 point come from behind win over a stunned Dallas Cowboys franchise. Baltimore handled the Jets. Houston managed to hold on this week for a win over the Steelers. Atlanta survived Seattle's comeback bid led by Tavaris Jackson. Jackson was 25/38 for 319 yards and 3 touchdowns....more

Balanced Rush Halts Force

Defense and superb quarterbacking from rookie JJ Reterink led the Chicago Rush over the Georgia Force 51-41. The Force needed a win to maintain semi-solid footing in a race for the Arena Football League wildcard playoffs. With the win, Chicago stays one game behind Arizona for home field advantage in the National Conference. Full Article »